UNEP climate campaign features One Planet Communities

30 November 2010  

The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has featured One Planet Communities in their new 30WAYSin30DAYS climate change campaign. The campaign states: “UNEP’s 30 case studies prove that solutions to combat Climate Change are available, accessible and replicable”

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Watch the CNBC One Planet Communities Film here!

4 November 2010  

Crest Nicholson BioRegional Quintain’s OneBrighton, UK and Codding Enterprises’ Sonoma Mountain Village, USA, two of our fully endorsed One Planet Communities, were featured in last week’s CNBC Responsible Business Television series.

Pooran Desai OBE, the International Director for the OPC programme and Co-founder of BioRegional gave his views in the film on how to make sustainable living easy, attractive and affordable.

Geof Syphers from Codding Enterprises, the developer of Sonoma Mountain Village, USA, also shared his experience on creating a sustainable community.

Here is another chance to see what they said about these ground breaking sustainable projects around the world.

More Videos about One Planet Communities can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/1planetcommunities.

One Planet Communities film to be broadcast on CNBC this weekend

29 October 2010  

One Planet Communities is the focus of the next episode of the Responsible Business Television series, broadcasting on CNBC around the world this weekend.

Tune into your region’s CNBC channel at the following times to see several of the ground-breaking projects showcased and an interview with International Director,  Pooran Desai OBE:

CNBC Asia

1st Broadcast: 30 October 17:30 SIN/HK Time

2nd Broadcast: 31 October 09:30 SIN/HK Time

CNBC Europe

1st Broadcast: 30 October 08:30 CET

2nd Broadcast: 30 October 13:30 CET

CNBC USA

Single Broadcast: 30 October 16:00 EST

If you miss the broadcast the film will go up on www.oneplanetcommunities.org early next week.

United Nations report highlights One Planet Communities

25 September 2010  

A new United Nations report, TRENDS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION, identifies 8 case studies of sustainable communities around the world – and 6 of the 8 are One Planet Communities! Sonoma Mountain Village, Mata de Sesimbra, Masdar City, Barangaroo, Panyu Jinshan, and BedZED all earn mention.The report was produced by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat.

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BedZED in Top 5 Most Important Green Buildings

11 August 2010  

BedZED ranked at #4 in Architect Magazine’s poll of “the five most-important green buildings” by (mostly) US voters.


May 15 2008, Boston: One Planet Communities Lecture @ AIA National Convention

15 May 2008  

Boston. BioRegional North America Executive Director Greg Searle will be addressing some of the nation’s top architects on May 15th at the American Institute of Architects 2008 National Convention, on a panel alongside green building pioneers Bob Berkebile (BNIM) and Pliny Fisk (CMPBS). The continuing education seminar, entitled “Breakthrough Community Design Planning”, will discuss Zero Carbon, Zero Waste, and the ambitious objectives of the One Planet Communities program using Sonoma Mountain Village and BedZED as case studies.

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BedZED Cover Story in Urban Land

25 June 2006  

Washington, DC. The Urban Land magazine’s green issue this month features a cover story by Stella Tarnay on the BedZED urban eco-neighborhood that inspired the One Planet Communities program. BioRegional and architect Bill Dunster began planning BedZED in the mid-1990s, and it was completed in 2002, jam-packed with sustainability features that only now are being considered in cutting edge developments in North America. “BedZED’s environmental achievements suggest that neighborhood-scale sustainable development can go much further than has been imagined in the USA.”

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